“Until recently, I was an ebook sceptic, see; one of those people who harrumphs about the “physical pleasure of turning actual pages” and how ebook will “never replace the real thing”. Then I was given a Kindle as a present. That shut me up. Stock complaints about the inherent pleasure of ye olde format are bandied about whenever some new upstart invention comes along. Each moan is nothing more than a little foetus of nostalgia jerking in your gut. First they said CDs were no match for vinyl. Then they said MP3s were no match for CDs. Now they say streaming music services are no match for MP3s. They’re only happy looking in the rear-view mirror.”
― Charlie Brooker
What are the pleasures of the eBook that will replace the nostalgia for the written and printed book? Some of my eBook pleasures are as follows:
Longer Reading Times - I can read in bed when my wife has put the lights out.
Portability - my eBooks are with me all the time. I would need a 10 ton truck to carry my physical library around with me.
Quick delivery - eBooks ordered from Amazon arrive almost instantaneously.
You don't lose your bookmarks.
You can change the font size and style - very important as you approach your silver tsunami years.
Feel free to add more in the comments section.
Have a great day.
DK
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